New Crystalline Forms

Abstract

A salt of the compound N-{2-tert-butyl-1-[(4,4-difluorocyclohexyl)methyl]-1H-benzimidazol-5-yl}ethanesulfonamide, which is an ethanesulphonic acid salt, a sulphuric acid salt, an ethane disulphonic acid salt, a hydrochloric acid salt, a hydrobromic acid salt, a phosphoric acid salt, an acetic acid salt, a fumaric acid salt, a maleic acid salt, a tartaric acid salt, a citric acid salt, a methanesulphonic acid salt, or a p-toluenesulphonic acid salt of said compound.

1 - 34 . (canceled) 
   
   
       35 . A pharmaceutical composition comprising an ethanesulphonic acid salt of N-{2-tert-butyl-1-[(4,4-difluorocyclohexyl)methyl]-1H-benzimidazol-5-yl}ethanesulfonamide having an X-ray powder diffraction pattern with specific peaks at d-values at 14.0, 7.0, 4.99, and 4.62 Å, in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier. 
   
   
       36 . A pharmaceutical composition according to  claim 35 , wherein said salt has an X-ray powder diffraction pattern with specific peaks at d-values at 14.0, 7.0, 4.99, and 4.62 Å, and as defined in Table 1 and  FIG. 1   
     
       
         
               
               
             
                 TABLE 1 
               
                   
               
                 d-value 
                 Relative 
               
                 (Å) 
                 intensity 
               
                   
               
                   
               
               
               
             
                 14.0 
                 vs 
               
                 9.6 
                 vw 
               
                 9.2 
                 m 
               
                 8.4 
                 vw 
               
                 7.8 
                 s 
               
                 7.7 
                 s 
               
                 4.77 
                 m 
               
                 4.62 
                 vs 
               
                 4.41 
                 s 
               
                 4.33 
                 m 
               
                 4.24 
                 s 
               
                 4.18 
                 m 
               
                 3.44 
                 m 
               
                 3.40 
                 m 
               
                 3.31 
                 vw 
               
                 3.28 
                 m 
               
                 3.10 
                 m 
               
                 3.05 
                 m